All language subtitles for Gunfight.in.Abilene.1967.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG

* Amy

* Soft as the April snow

* Amy

* Lovely as indigo

* You only kissed me

* And paradise smiled

* And the man was a child

* And the wind
was so wild *

* Amy

* Here's what I mean to say

* Love me

* If only for today

* Let me know April

* And indigo blue

* And let paradise
smile for me too *

* Amy

* Soft as the April snow

* Amy

* Lovely as indigo

* You only kissed me

* And paradise smiled

* And the man was a child

* And the wind
was so wild *

* Amy

* Here's what
I mean to say *

* Love me

* If only for today

* Let me know April

* And indigo blue

* And let paradise
smile for me too *

* Let me know April

* And indigo blue

* And let paradise

* Smile for me too

* Amy

* Amy

( Shouting )

( Gunfire continues )

( Coughing )

Soldier.

Keep that arm covered.

Did you get the water?
Yes, it cost us Jeremy.

( Explosion )

Make sure the wounded
get a ration of water.
Yes, sir.

Elmer, go bring in
the outpost guard.

Ain't gonna be no
Yankee foot soldiers
here tonight.

Not as long as they're
using their big guns.
Go ahead, get.

Sergeant, what's the count?

Eleven men.

That's counting any wounded
that can walk.

Them Yankees will be
all over as soon as
the cannons quit.

Sure ain't got much
to hold them off with.

You know something?
We ain't even gonna try.

No, sir. Look.

We move straight east,

We can get out
of this pocket.

So you can use the dark
and that cannon fire
to keep us covered.

At least
there's a chance.

Damn slim chance.

Better than staying
here, sergeant.

Yeah, I guess.

I know.
Now get 'em ready.

Yes, sir.
All right, men,
we're gonna move--

( Coughing )

Major.

What is it?
I can't find my rifle.

Private, you go
right on over there. Hear?

I'll find
your rifle for you.

I had it only
just a minute ago.

Tully, Tully.

Take what's left of the men
and move east and move fast.

I'll lay back here
and cover for you.
Now get out.

Go ahead.

( Twig snaps )

There's a thousand
of them coming.

Cal, I tried to get to you.

I tried--

Dave.

Dave!

I'm dying, Cal.
Dave.

David.

Boy, I thought
you was one of them
stray Yankees.

Halt!

Halt!
We'll open fire!

Dave.

Get him a doctor.

Get him a doctor.

Get him a doctor!

Man: Here, let me see
that newspaper, boy.

Come on, look.
Look at that.

He's telling the truth.

Listen, we're gonna
get out of here, boy.

It's over, major.
We're gonna be let loose.

Guard says we'll be issued
mounts and sent on our way.

That's the fourth time
this month that
the war's been over.

But it's so this time.

He had a newspaper.
I saw it.

We're gonna go home.

You ain't bringing
them cows through here.

You better haul yourself
out of the way, old man.

You pull that fence down,
you'll have to answer to me
and Mr. Sprague.

( Gunshot )

( Laughs )

All right, move 'em out.

( Shouting )

( Groaning )

Easy.

Watch it.
Thanks.

Don't I know you, boy?

Cord Decker.

Doggone if it ain't.

The war must be
really over to send
all you young lads home.

You hurt, Smoky?

I've been cut with
barbed wire before.

It could have been worse.

My missus will raise Cain
when she sees this torn shirt.

You ain't asking
what happened.

It's plain to see.

You're a real Kansas boy.

I better get back,
tell Mr. Sprague what
they did to his field here.

Lord's own shame,
ain't it?

Yeah, well, maybe
we can still catch 'em.

Dozen of them.
Just two of us, Cord.

Leave it be.

The lord's own shame.

I got some hot coffee.
You're welcome to a cup.

Come on.

All right!

Come out into the light
where I can see your face.

Cal.

Cal Wayne!

How are you, Cord?

Doggone surprised is how.
I thought--

Cal Wayne.

You're gonna stop folks
dead in their tracks

when you
get into Abilene.

I can't look that bad.

You're supposed to
be dead and buried.

I got a letter.
It must be a year now.

Somebody spread the word
they'd seen you shot dead.

Even went to your burying
and laid lilies on your grave.

That come pretty
close to the truth.

Hard to believe.
I don't mean your
still being alive,

but I mean us.

Not more than a month ago,

mean and you
could never have talked.

And we weren't
any different except
my uniform was blue

And yours was gray.
Hmm.

And our thinking was
different, too, I guess.

I hope all that's
behind us.

Yeah, I hope.

You look like you could
use some of that coffee.
Come on over, sit by the fire.

Oh, yeah.

Thought you'd never ask.

Hey, Cal, I got a son.

He's two.
I ain't even seen him yet.

Is that right?
I got a picture, though.

Ain't he a big one?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, well, you're
a mighty lucky young man.

And on my way home!

You won't even know
Abilene when you get back.

They had five sets
of railway tracks

runnin' in there
when I left.
Is that right?

You ain't saying
very much, Cal.
( Spits )

You ain't giving
much chance, boy.

You know, I feel like--

Like I got wings.

Like I could
flap my arms and fly!

Going home. Whoo-hoo!

Hey, where's Dave Evers?

Did you two get split up
by Jeff Davis?

Would have taken a president
to split you up.

Dave's dead.

Well, listen, now.
You were reported dead.

Could be Dave Evers--
I said Dave's dead!

I'm sorry, Cal.

So am I, boy.

So am I.

Watch this.

What's new, Ed?

Nothing much.
Things are about
the same as--

Cal? Cal Wayne?

What's the matter?
You look like you
just seen a ghost.

Folks thought you--

You ain't dead.

I don't think so.

You're getting a little thick
around the middle, ain't you?

Well, yeah. Frank!

Frank Norton, come over here!

I'll be damned!

Ain't he the healthiest
looking ghost you ever saw?

I'd have bet my shirt
you wasn't killed.

Sure you would.
Me too.

The drinks are on me.
Come on!

Hey, hold on, Ed.
I'd like to join you,

But, well, I come here
to see Grant Evers.

And I think
I oughta to do that first.

Where can I find him?

Odds are the king's
in his counting house.

Cal: Dave?
Ed: Yeah.

Grant put Dave's name
on that sign when
he first started.

He never took it off.

Grant's a farmer.
What would he know
about trading cattle?

All he has to.

Wayne.

Wasn't he sheriff here
before the war?

That's right.

Supposed to be fast
with a gun.

Supposed to be.

Not wearing one now.

Maybe he got religion.

Cal Wayne.

He's alive.
I just saw him.

Cal Wayne?

He's coming here. Alive.

Cal, I could
hardly believe it.

It's too good to be true.

Well, it's true.
I don't know how good it is.

How about Dave?

He's dead.

You were with him.

Yeah, up at Thompson's woods.

We got word soon after,

and seeing you again,

I thought maybe--

My right arm.

What I used to say he was.

And he was. He was.

Come on inside.
I want you to see something.

Pleased to see
you back, Mr. Wayne.

Thank you.

Well, you sure done
real good for yourself,
haven't you?

It's better than that.

You know, Cal, when I
first heard the railroad
was coming through here,

I tied up all the big
eastern cattle buyers.

Cattle, huh?
Cattle. That's right.

I knew the ranchers
would have to trail their
herds up here for shipment.

You need land
to graze the cattle on.

Fatten 'em up
before shipping 'em out.

Remember that land Dave
bought for farming?

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

I've been adding
to it ever since.

This is it. Evers property.

Miles of it.
Second largest in the state
and still growing.

Dave and Grant Evers.
Sure wish Dave was
here to see this.

His name will be up there
as long as mine is.

Cal, did Dave say
anything to you?

Or give you a message
for me before he died?

Grant, there wasn't
much chance for him
to say anything.

( Gunshot )

( People arguing )

We got enough Yankee
sodbusters here in Abilene.

( Laughing )
Give me my gun.

Why, sure, here it comes.

Cord: ( Groaning )

( Laughing )
( Wincing )

All right, come on.
We'll be glad
to take you all on.

Come on, hold it.
Go on, get out of here.

Hey, my gun.

I'm taking the gun.

It's mine.

I said I'm taking the gun.

Well, wait a minute.

Cord here, he was just
minding his own business.

I'm sheriff of this town,
Wayne, not you.

Back off.
I want the gun.
Take it.

What are you backing
that up with?

That gun in the dirt?

Well, you're
just back, Wayne,

so, uh,

so I'm taking it easy on you.

This time. Don't push.

You told him, Cal.
Just like the old days.

Did you see
that Slade back down?

Frank: Yeah, he quit cold.

Ed: Come on, Cal.
Take your old job back.

What about it, Cal?

You know dang well
we need you.

No, I've had about
all the fighting
I want for a while.

Thanks just the same.

Cal, no use
making that trip.

She's not there.

Amy. She's not at home.
She's at the dressmakers.

I sent word to her,

but there's something
I want to tell you
before she gets here.

I mean, she's all right.
Ain't nothing wrong
with her, is there?

No, no, she's fine.

Cal, I want
to level with you.

Amy's gonna marry me.
Claims she hadn't heard
from you for a year,

and then she got word
from you that you were dead.

I hadn't heard from Dave
and got word that he was gone

and she had nobody.
I had nobody.

There was nothing
underhanded about it, Cal.

I understand that, Grant.

But you were still alive.
I can tell you this--

Cal.

Amy.

Congratulations to you.

Grant here was telling me
about you two.

You didn't write.

Well, I--

That's all in the past,
ain't it?

Well, look at the three of us
standing here like

kids caught with our hands
in the cookie jar.

Shouldn't be that way
at all, should it?

I'm happy for both of you.

Forgive me.
I gotta be going.

Somebody's gotta really
welcome you back, Cal.

You mark my words.

This time
we'll get a legislature

that'll look after
the interests
of the cattleman.

Teach some of these farmers
the facts of life.

Up to now we've had
to fight for everything
the hard way.

Too many fences left
in this state.

You're right. Kansas
is changing from farm
to cattle country.

And the sooner
them sodbusters
find out about it,

the better it's gonna be.

The farmers were here
before that cussed railroad.

Mister, I wasn't
talking to you.

Then you keep your
speechmaking to yourself.

Oh.
Nelson, I think
you best go home.

I said get!

Nelson, I think
you best stay home.

That was close.

Close only counts
when you're pitching
horseshoes, Frank.

Did you ever see
500 head of cattle
on the move?

They take up plenty of space
and they'll stomp you

right into the ground.
They don't stop
for nothing.

Fences, sheds,
crops, nothing.

That's why
I sold out to Grant.

Considering there was
nothing left of the farm,

Grant give
me a pretty good deal.

There's nothing for you
in Abilene, Cal.

Do yourself a favor
and get out while you can.

( Chuckles )

No, no, you won't.

Who's Joe Slade?

He was Grant's range boss.

Boyce Madden was sheriff
and done a good job

And Slade came on
as his deputy.

Six weeks later,
Madden was bushwhacked.

Slade got his badge
and they never did
find the killer.

Thanks, Frank.

Cal.
Hmm?

I don't know what
you figure on doing,

But if you stay,
you can't just sit
on the front porch

and fan yourself.

You're gonna have to
pick a side.

Wayne.

You got a big reputation
with a gun.

How come you're
not wearing one?

Well, everybody
around here tells me

that we got
a real good sheriff.

So I figure
I don't need me no gun.

( Laughing )
Well, we got some
pretty rough boys here

bringing in those
Texas cows.

I'd hate to see them
take advantage of you.

Thank you, Sheriff,
I appreciate that.

I tell you what
I'm gonna do.

If I run into any kind
of trouble whatsoever,

why, I'm gonna
holler for you.

( Men laughing )

I'm not proud, Cal.

Leann, I--

I was waiting for you.

You didn't come to me.
I came to you.

I'm sorry--
I love you.

I always have.

( Shouting )

Man: Grant,
come out here, Grant!

We wanna talk to you.

We got business
with you, Grant.

This is your last chance.

We're gonna take
what's ours, Grant.

We're through talking.

Grant, you got 60 seconds
to get out here.

They'll murder you.
They will.

You just listen to them.
They'll murder you.

( Shouting continues )

Come on out here!
Come on out!

Get out here, Grant,
or we'll--

You can hear me
in there, Grant.

We ain't gonna hold off
no longer, Grant.

We'll come in and get you.

Thirty seconds.

Watch is running
a little fast, ain't it, Rod?

Stand clear of this, Cal.
Don't try and stop us.

That's not a job for me.
That's a job for the sheriff.

What's your problem?

Grant drove in
a herd yesterday.

Right through my property.
Tore out five miles of fence

and my whole fall planting.
I want what's coming to me.

Well, there's
a law here in Abilene,

and there's a courthouse, too.

You've been away
a long time, Cal.

Cattle money
pays the judges.

We got cattlemen's law here.
We know.

( Men shout )
We're no being pushed
another inch, Cal.

We're gonna protect
what belongs to us!

All: Yeah!

I'm coming in
to get you, Grant.

I don't know.
It seems to me that

the way you wanna do it,

you're gonna get in
a whole lot of trouble.

Now if Grant owes you,
well, you'll get paid.

Man: Let's go!

Come on, let's go get him!

( Shouting continues )

Cal, thank you.
You said it all for me.

If you men had come here
like businessmen

instead of a hanging posse,

I'd have come out
and told you myself.

Now my men made a mistake.

It's their fault
and it's my responsibility.

So, Sprague,

you take your bill
to the bank.

I'll see
that it's honored.

That's the first mistake
Grant's made.

Huh.
I wouldn't be too sure.

I wonder what got into him.

I don't know.

Just as long
as I get my money.

First time we ever
came out on top.

Cord:
How about taking
your old job back, Cal?

We'll throw Slade out!

Yeah, Cal, how about it?

That's that Decker kid again.

Man:
Yeah, Cal, how about it?

Yeah, we need you, Cal!

We all need you!

We're the shipping center
of the west.

Price of beef is sky high.
The demand is more
than the supply,

and it all has
to come through Abilene.

Well, I've heard
the same argument about wheat.

Cuban, the best.

Now I'm beginning
to understand why
the price of beef is so high.

( Laughs )

Seems to me that everything
around here is the best.

Everything is
the best, huh?

Almost.

Like to trade places?

What are you plans, Cal?

Oh, I figured I'd head out

to Oregon
or California, maybe.

A town like this
could sure use you.

We're sitting on top
of a powder keg here.

It's ready to
go off any minute.

We need a strong man.
You got a strong man.

Slade, he's heavy-handed,
and he's got poor judgment.

He made an enemy
of every farmer within
a hundred miles of here,

And some say even further.
Funny, I wasn't talking
about Slade.

( Laughs )

Well, Cal, I won't deny

that the cattlemen
have pushed the farmers
pretty far till now.

But we'd be out
of business if we hadn't.

Well, how about now?

Now the trails are
pretty well established.

We have all
the grazing land we need.

It's a kind of a balance,
but there's gonna be
trouble now and then.

You can help
maintain that balance.

The way you talked
with Sprague this morning.

You got a hothead
like that to listen,
there'd be no trouble.

Seems to me
he had his reasons.

It hasn't all been
one-sided, Cal.

We paid double
for that land, triple.

The cattlemen and the farmers
listen to you. They trust you.

Now Sprague said it
this morning.

Abilene needs you.

Take the job
as sheriff, will you?

I don't want it.

All right, let me
put it this way.

I need you.

That's a little hard
for me to believe.

Seems to me
you don't need nothing.

That's how it looks
from where you're standing.

Everything I own,
every penny is tied up

in those herds out
in my range,

and if there's a range war,
I'm wiped out.

Farmers are ready for it.
Make no mistake about that.

Anything can set it off.
It almost started this morning.

You know, Cal,
since you and Dave went away,

I've been at the mercy
of every two bit gunslinger
that comes into town.

That's why I had to
hire a man like Slade.

To be my right hand,
the right hand that
Dave was gonna be.

But he's hired help.
I can be out-bid
at any time.

I can't shoot, Cal.

I can't trust anyone.
It's like living with
an axe over your head.

Watching every stranger
that comes into town.

If Dave was here,
it'd be no problem.

But Dave's dead.

There's only you, Cal.

I need you.
Take the job.

Okay, seeing as how
you put it that way.

That's the least
I owe you, huh?

Now just a minute.

I don't blame you for my hand.

We were kids.
That was an accident.

No matter how
you look at it,

if it weren't for me,
you'd still have both hands.

No, no.

I don't want you to take
the job for that reason.
Look.

I'm here and I'm available.
I'm willing to do it now.

Why don't we just let
the reasons go by, huh?

But what about Joe Slade?

He used to work for me.
I'll just hire him back is all.

Good.

One more thing.

Has to be
a law here saying,

"No guns in Abilene."

( Laughing )

Even you are gonna find
that hard to enforce.

To your health, Sheriff.

( Barking )

Easy, Tar.

I'll see who it is, Dad.
Fine, sure.

Play nice.

When Tar started barking,
I knew it had to be you.

Old Tar didn't forget me.

Well, I didn't mean that
the way it sounded.

I waited a long time, Cal.

Grant told me. I...

I just left him.

Amy, looks like
I'm gonna take
my old job back.

Grant said he was
going to ask you.

I never thought you would.

Man's gotta earn
a living somehow.

But you always talked
about farming. We even--

If you'd only let me know
you were still alive.

Too late to do anything
about that now.

Besides, Grant's gonna
make a good husband.
Real good.

Do you love him?

He's shown me
nothing but kindness
and consideration.

In a way, I do.

Sheriff Slade
on his way to see Grant.

Yeah, well, I guess
I better be going.

Cal, why did you stop by?

I don't know.

Thought I wanted to talk.

I don't know.

All right, Cal.

( Horse galloping )

Grant:
The fat is in the fire,

and a man's a fool
if he can't see it.

You're asking me
to step down.

I'm telling you
to step down.

For myself.
I don't question
your loyalty, Slade,

but a man has to pull
his horns in sometime
and this is it.

You saw what happened today
in the streets, gunplay.

Trouble every day
and it's building up.

You can't push a man
and expect him to
thank you for it.

Slade, you heard them
yelling at you today,
didn't you?

Sometimes I think
they hate you worse than
they hate the cattlemen.

It was that decker kid.
He needs a good lesson--

It could have been anyone.

It's been building up
for some time now.

Got to have something
to keep them from breaking out.

That's why
I'm giving them Cal Wayne.

The farmers want him
and they trust him.

I can get him to do
what I want him to do.

Don't be too sure.

I have my way
of handling him.

What about your Amy?

From what I hear,
you're taking a chance
having him around.

That's my business.

Okay, what's next?

You hand in your resignation
in writing in the morning.

I want Judge Fennis
to swear in Cal Wayne
as soon as he can.

Then you come back to work
for me at your old job.

There's a real future here,
Slade, for the right man.

What about Cal Wayne?
He's a friend of yours,
too, isn't he?

Joe, when I grow,
you grow with me.

Okay.

I'm ready.

Good night.

Good night.

Hello, Sheriff.

( Exhales )

Sorry I wasn't here
to see you sworn in,

but I figured somebody
oughta mind the store.

Got a present for you.

You planning on retiring?

I guess that's up to you.

You like your work?

Yeah, I do.

Well, why don't you
pin that back on?

I could be a spy
left here by Slade
to keep an eye on you.

Yeah, you could.

You still want me
to pin this on?

If I want it back,
I sure know how
to ask for it.

If I was you,
I wouldn't take
the chance keeping me on.

You'll be good
at your work.
I've seen you at work.

Yeah, I know that,
but you can't be sure.

Hey, are you
always so gabby?

Okay, Sheriff.

Now what are these?

Joe Slade sure
loved those shoes.

Took 'em off a gambler
he shot last year.

Used to kill Joe's feet.

Two sizes too small.

( Laughs )

You know,
I still can't figure

what you're gonna do
with this.

I had 'em up all over town
for two days now

and had about
12 guns turned in,

all from harmless folks.

Why didn't you enforce it?

I was waiting for you
to be sworn in, Sheriff.

Let me tell you something.

A man wears a gun,

It means he's
ready to use it.

Now I'm gonna take
my first tour.

Would you like
to join me?

Sure, half the town's out.
I wouldn't miss it.

You're forgetting
your own gun.

I give it up.

Do you know what kind
of man they got driving
those cows in from Texas?

Tell you what,
you stick real close to me

and make sure nobody
shoots me in the back.

Anything special you want
done with your body?

Nope.

Just see that Slade
don't get my boots.

Here they come.

I give 'em about
a minute and a half

for that
"turn in your gun" law.

You don't know the man.

I got $50 here says
he never lives to
see nightfall.

You're on.

( Men laughing )

Hey, Loop, here comes
the new sheriff.

Loop: Hey, Wayne,
you the new sheriff?

Looks like you're gonna have
a reception committee.

Come take a look at this.

( Men shouting )

I wanna see Wayne
talk himself out of this one.

You want me to give
up my gun, Sheriff?

I ain't giving my gun up
to nobody, Sheriff.

Tell him, Loop,
tell him!

You best come take it
from me, Sheriff,
if you want it.

That's right, Loop.

You know the law.
I'll take the gun.

You can pick it up
when you leave town.

I'll make him eat it.

( Men laughing )

Come ahead, Sheriff.

That loudmouth
is mean and fast

and itching for trouble.
You better take this.

She looks kind of worried,
doesn't she?

Loop: Come on, Sheriff,
I'm waiting for you
to take my gun.

All right,
hold that a bit.

There are 10 guns
in back of me
to take care of you.

( Gunshot )

Now y'all know
the law in Abilene.

Check your guns.

Well, you heard what
the sheriff said. Get!

He's got 'em.
And they know it.

We were losing stock up
in the north range.

Take some men up there.

See what's going on.

Here, that'll
see you through.

Thanks.

Anything else you
want taken care of?

I'll let you know.

Anytime.

I don't like him, either.

She's wonderful hostess, Grant.
Everything was just perfect.

I think she's
too good for him.

Thank you. I'm glad
you enjoyed yourselves.

Good night.

Pure magic, Amy.
Thank you.

You know, I've always
wanted to make this
house a place that

people would wanna be
invited to, and you've
done just that for me.

You have a wonderful way
with people, dear.

You're the best thing
that's happened to me, Amy.

She sure is.

You still wanna marry me?

What do you mean?

I'm a proud man, Amy.
And I love you.

I don't want anything
that belongs to me
belonging to somebody else.

Cal Wayne?

That's over and done with.

You sure?

I'm sure.

Only two people in
the whole world that
ever meant anything to me.

Dave and you.

Dave is lost now,

But I don't know
what I'd do if I lost you.

I'll never let
you down, Amy.

I tell you what,

why do we have to wait
until next month
to get married?

Why not next week?

Next week?

Sure, we can send
out the invitations
in the next couple of days.

That is unless
something's holding you back.

Nothing.
Good.

Cal:
Dave.

( Mumbling ) Huh, Dave?

You're alive.

Glad to see you're alive.

Dave. No, Dave,
I didn't do it.

The gun did it, Dave.
The gun did it, Dave.

I- I didn't do it. Dave!

( Cal sighs )

Whoa.

I'll be back in a minute.

Thank you.

Sure she won't mind?

She?
Leann.

Beautiful team you got there.

An engagement present
from Grant.

Fine animals, real fine.

Is Leann the reason
you didn't ask me to--
Nope.

I'm jealous, Cal.

I've got no right,
but I am.

Your wedding's
in a week.

Why don't you tell me
not to marry him?

Cal, if I was you,
I'd take a run out
to the north trail

and have a talk
with a few people.

Some of Grant's men
beat up the Collins boys
last night.

They claimed the farmers
have been helping themselves
to Grant's cattle.

Well, have they?
Some people think Grant
owes 'em something.

Subtle, ain't he?

( Men shouting )

Hold it. Hold it!

( Calf moos )

Separated from
the herd. Come on.

Hyah!

Slade, Slade,
it's that loudmouth boy.

Yeah.

Let's go.

Whoo-whoo.
Lookee here.

The calf strayed
onto my farm.

I was just
bringing it back.

Sure you were.

Now, Loop, you know
farmers don't lie.

This man says he was
bringing him back,

he was bringing him back.

That's just what
I was doing, Slade.

Well, I'm not arguing
with you, boy.

I'm grateful to you.
I've been meaning
to thank you anyway,

for looking after
my boy.

You know him.
He must be
two years old by now.

Awful good-looking boy.

He lives with his mother
at your house.

Awful good-looking woman,
your wife.

You filthy--

Hey, Slade,
about that boy.

He ain't yours.
He's mine.

Go get him, Loop!

Hey, it could be just as easy
be anybody's kid now
I come to think on it.

She wasn't too choosy.

Shut your--

I want your ears.
Slade: He's mine!

He's mine.
Get off him!

Get off!

All right, now
strip off his shirt.

Tie him up to that wagon.

Move!

Give me the rope.

Now, sodbuster,
( panting )

You stay off Mr. Evers' land.

And you keep your hands
off Mr. Evers' cattle.

( Laughs )

( Wincing )

Now get him out of here.
Hyah! Hyah!

Come on, we can't
hang around here all day.

Ain't you ever seen a horse
run up a hill before?

Whew!

The problem with
this business is it makes
a man old before his time.

I never did hear
of no sheriff living
to be an old man. Did you?

Sure.

They didn't shoot
old Walter Smith
till he was almost 31.

Probably lied about his age.

Probably.

Ward.

What's that?
Let's have a look.
Come on.

Ho! Ho, ho.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Take him down easy now.
Easy. Easy.
Okay.

Watch his back.
Watch his back.
Watch his back.

Man, I never saw nobody
cut up like that before.

He's just about alive.

We're gonna need a wagon
to get him to doc Caswell's.

I'll get one.
Nelson's place is
about a mile from here.

Yeah.

He ain't come out of it yet.

Ain't no sense
in you hanging around.

I'll stay with him.

If you need me,
just holler.

Sheriff, what are you
gonna do about it?

I don't know yet.

You don't know?

Cord's a friend of yours.

What's the matter?

Cord came-to
for a couple of seconds.

Between what he said
and what his wife told us,

we found out
how it happened.

Cord was taking
a stray Calf

off his land back
onto Evers'.

He ran into Slade
and a couple of his buddies.

Cord was on Evers' land.

We can't hang
a thing on Slade.

Yeah, I know that.

You see, in this state

it's perfectly
all right to just
go ahead and shoot a man

if he trespasses
on your property.

Legally,
our hands are tied.

Well, your hands
may be tied,

but ours ain't.

I'll tell you
something else, Sheriff,

you better strap on a gun.

If Cord dies,
you're gonna have to
use it on me to stop me.

He was trespassing.

The law says--

I know what the law says.

For the past three years,
we've gotten what we wanted

from the farmers
by splitting them up,

by out-guessing them
every time they tried
to get together

And you give them
the one thing that could
pull 'em together.

You know what'll happen
if Cord Decker dies?

I got a pretty good idea, yeah.

I thought this was just
another stupid mistake
of yours, Slade,

but it wasn't, was it?
You're trying to
force a showdown.

I can handle anything
that happens.

Well, you're a fool.

That's the one thing
we've got to avoid.

I work for you.

But I wanna tell you
one thing.

Any stupid mistake
was made was yours.

When you paid off Sprague
in front of those farmers
last week,

you showed them you could
give in. That's something
you never did before,

and you never
should have done it.

You got to where you are
by clubbing them till they
was too scared to move.

And you gotta keep on doing it
if you wanna stay on top.

All right, all right,
you said your piece.

I'm not gonna argue with you.

Go on up to the range cabin
in the buttes.

I just hope that
Cord Decker doesn't die
and this whole mess blows over.

What if he does die?

Then we'll both know which one
of us made the mistake, Slade.

( Horse galloping )

( Knocking on door )

You were hoping
that was Cal.

I'm stone sober, Amy.

Is there anything I can do?

I know I haven't given you
much to be proud about
since your mother died, Amy.

But even if I failed,

your happiness is
all I ever wanted
in the whole world.

I know, Dad. I know.

As long as
you know Cal's alive,

you'll never be
happy with Grant.

Don't marry him, Amy.

You'll regret it
for the rest of
your life if you do.

Don't do it. Don't.

( Sniffles )

( Panting slowly )

( Grunting )

( Panting )

Hey, hey,
take it easy now.

Take it easy, boy.

It's me Cal.

Slade.

Filthy lies

about my Annie,

my son.

Don't you worry.
I'll take care of Slade.

Thanks, Cal.

( Sobs )

Two years of war,

I didn't get a scratch.

Come home and...

You'll be all right, boy.

It's funny.

Man's gotta fight
to live in peace.

How is he?

He's conscious,
but that's about all.

Now look, you're not doing
Cord or yourselves any good.

We're not breaking
the law, are we?

No.

Then why don't you just
let us worry about that?

Look, Cord is my friend.

And if my friend dies,

then I'm gonna make Slade
a personal affair.

Slade takes his orders
from Grant Evers.

You gonna make that
a personal affair, too?

Pretty edgy.

Notice that wagon
they got with them?
Yeah.

I'm glad
you got the good sense
to leave it alone.

You seen Grant?

He's got a herd
of cattle coming in.

He's probably at his ranch.

I think I better take
a ride out there.

What'll I do if Cord dies?

Don't do nothing.
I won't be gone that long.

I came by to see Grant.
Is he around?

I'm waiting for him myself.

Well, I...

I think I better
wait outside till he gets back.

I came to tell Grant
I'm not marrying him.

You can come in.

I'm returning
the team and buggy.

The saddle horse is mine.

I just can't marry Grant.

You're gonna
hurt him, Amy.
He loves you.

Is that all you can say, Cal?

That's all.

You loved me.
We planned our life together.

Is that all gone?

Amy, I can't hurt Grant.

I've been trying
to understand, Cal,

ever since you got back.

It just can't be
a guilty conscience

over that accident
to Grant's hand.

You weren't like this
before the war.

What is it, Cal?
What happened?

Amy, the war does
funny things. It--

You're somebody else.

You're the man that
left Abilene and you're
somebody else, too.

You never knew how
to run and hide before.

And you don't love Leann.

She loves you,
but you don't love her.

You let her hide you.

And she doesn't care.

The fight you had in front
of the Star saloon,

you were afraid.

I saw it.

I did.

You were afraid
and you didn't use your gun.

Why? What were
you afraid of?

It wasn't the man.
It was something else.

What are you
running away from, Cal?

Please, please,
let me fight this
with you.

Let us both fight it
with you, Cal.

I've seen things, too, Amy.

I saw Cal give you up.

I saw him take
the job of Sheriff

when he wanted
no part of it.

It was because
I asked him to do it.

I think you're right, Amy.

A man doesn't do
all those things
just out of friendship.

What am I holding
over your head that
I don't know about?

I killed your brother, Grant.
( Amy gasps )

You killed Dave.

We were on a patrol.

Ran into a Yankee advance.

Boxed us in
for about three days.

And snipers were
picking off my men one by one.

And they started throwing
those heavy guns.

They followed that up
with an infantry rush.

We'd push 'em back,

they'd start the whole thing
all over again.

Well, they kept that up.

No sleep.

Pretty soon the supplies
were down to zero.

Down to five guys.

Five guys out of a whole patrol,

I sent four of them
to try to slip out, get away.

I laid back
and I covered 'em.

Yankees started throwing
some big guns again.

And all of a sudden,
everything was real still.

Real still.

I heard a noise in the brush,
and I wheeled and I fired.

I didn't even realize
I'd pulled the trigger.

It was Dave.

By the time I got to him...

he was dead.

I was taking his body back in

when the snipers got me.

Took me to a prison hospital

till a couple months
before the war was over.

Then to a prison camp.

That's what I owe you, Grant.

Part of it's paid.

I can't fire a gun.

I should have told you
when I first got back to town,

but don't ask me
why I didn't.

I'm sorry, Cal.

He kills my brother
and takes you away from me
and you're sorry for him?

I never belonged
to you, Grant.

What happened to Dave
was an accident.

An accident, huh?

I see.

I'm sorry, but I can't--
( Amy screams )

( Panting )

Go on, get out,

Both of you.

Where's Slade?

I rode out here to tell you
that Sprague is lining up
a bunch of farmers in town.

If Cord Decker dies,
there's gonna be
a whole lot of trouble.

Sprague, huh?

You tell those farmers
that Decker trespassed
on my property.

If anyone else tries it,
they'll get the same treatment.

I would think about that.

I got 40 men.
20 more than I need.
You think that over.

I'll go the rest
of the way myself.

All right.

Seems to be nobody home.

Dad's spending
the night in town.

Good night.
Good night.

You know, there's nothing
the matter with his farm

that a man who
wanted to couldn't cure.

Leann?

That's more than that.
It's Leann, and Grant,

and Slade,
and all of it.

Cord's dead.
Everything's busted wide open.

Sprague's bunch has already
had a run-in with Grant's men

and Frank Norton's dead.
So are some of his hands.

Everybody's got
a taste of blood

and now the farmers wanna
hang all the cattlemen
they can find.

I thought Sprague had
more sense than that.

Yeah, well, the last I heard
he was yelling to hang
Grant and Slade.

That means they'll be
coming back this way.

You better not
stay here alone.

We're gonna go back
to Grant's so you
take the back road.

It's longer, but it's safer.

Get yourself to the hotel.

See you there later.
Come on.

( Knock on door )

It's open!

What do you want?

Bill Reardon just rode
into town through the buttes.

The Decker kid's dead.

Sprague's fixing up a posse
to hang all the cattlemen
starting with us.

Get out of here.

I risked my neck to ride
in here and tell you that.

You smell like
a wet sheepdog. Get out.

You're drunk.

Not drunk enough to know

that no good will come
of your hanging around here.

( Laughs )

Slade, I tell you what
I'm gonna do for you here.

There you are.

Now ride off my land
and don't come back.

Your land? 200 acres you
got from your dead brother?

I'd kill men so you
could build this place
up into something,

'cause you didn't have
the guts to do it yourself.

That's not enough.

I want more than that.

( Laughs )

All right, do you want more?

I'll get you more.

You're not scared, Slade?

Not at all.

You should be 'cause
I'm gonna kill you.

I'll settle my differences
with the farmers

and be a hero besides.

I'm gonna kill the man

that whipped
Cord Decker to death.

( Panting slowly )

Looks like it's my deal.

I'll raise the ante, Slade.

But I won't crawl.

It's too late for that.

Hyah!

That was Slade.

Cal: Grant!
( knocking rapidly )

Open up!
It's me Wayne.

Grant! Grant!

What is it?

Grant used to keep the keys
to his storeroom at the office

on this chain.
They're gone.

He had them on him
last time I saw him.

If Slade took it,
he must be heading
for town right now.

You'll be able to use it.

You talk in your sleep.

You take care of him.

I'm going after Slade.

Good luck.

Don't worry, Mrs. Decker.

We're not letting Cord down.

We're hanging
Grant and Slade.

And you're not
gonna stop us, Cal.

Grant's dead.

Slade got to him first.

Ward's bringing the body
into town now.

That just saves us
that much trouble.

We'll still get Slade.

There will be no lynching.

I'll take care of Slade.

Why don't you all go home
and put away your guns

before you get yourselves
in a whole lot of trouble?

All right, we'll let you
take care of him.

Hyah! Hyah!

He's packing a gun.

Yeah.

( Snaps )

Cal.

( Laughs )

Cal.
What are you doing here?

Go back upstairs.
Who is it, Grant?

Grant's dead.

Slade's throwing
all that lead out there.
He killed Grant.

Wayne, if you step out
into the street,

I'll argue
the point with you.

My horse is in the stable.

You can get out
through the back door.

Slade: I always thought
you had a yellow streak.

You can prove me wrong.

I'm going out there.

You got no chance out there.

It's my only chance.

I'm ready
to fight it even.

( Sighs )

Amy, if I run now,

I'm finished.

Me and you is finished.

It's right here in this gun.

I got to pull the trigger.

( Laughs )

( Sobs )

* Amy

* Amy

* You only kissed me

* And paradise smiled

* And the man was a child

* And the wind
was so wild *

* Amy

* Amy

* Amy

* Amy